If you go to amazon they have a section called textbook trade in or something like that. You just input the ISBN numbers and it will show how much money they will give you for the book. Then you just print out shipping labels they provide you with, send the textbooks in, and Voila.

Once the order is processed, they credit your amazon account. Unfortunately, you do not get a check or cold hard cash. You just get a credit for Amazon, which is basically just as good as cash in my opinion.

you can't be that dense. How can this person have lost money? Textbooks are not a financial investment. Duh. They are an investment in knowledge and schooling which was presumably extracted before resale.

Not really, since he gained knowledge that hopefully will come to good use in his job seeking and land him a higher paying job. If that entire textbook lands him a job with only $10 extra than hadn't he read and learnt it, within 10 years he will have made back, maybe sooner if he invests wisely.

Now most times one can assume that a textbook will garner more than just a simple ten note, so we can assume that within a year of getting a job this person will have made back the initial fee. Then since this person has already received back a portion of this upfront fee by selling the books, he has minimized his time.

Also, I should note that he did not lose money in either case since we can assume he did use these books completely. Meaning that by selling them back, he can have his cake and eat it too.

No, I give you $200, you give me textbooks, I use them for 3-4 months on my $10,000 a semester education. And when I'm done, I'll sell them back to you for $100. It's basically a rental with a deposit that you get back in my eyes.

Yes I fucking understand. You obviously don't understand what I am saying. Over a period of time, you don't miss (relatively) low amounts of money, so when you get some back, it's like making money. I didn't say it WAS making money.

Except all you lose in that case is the relatively small amount of interest you could have been making on the money you got back. What's 3% of $250 again? (I realize some people get more back than that, but in any case, what are the chances that you're filling out income tax deduction forms for work just so you can invest the extra ~$20 - $50 per paycheque?)

What I learned is that having been one of the few people in my circle of friends that did not sell back there text books I have not only used them numerous times in other classes before graduation, and now in my job.

Your argument fails because it more strongly applies the opposite way. Since I did not sell my books back for $100, and $100 is not much money so I didn't notice not getting it back. Therefor by your logic its better to keep the books as the intrinsic value of having them is worth more than the forgettable sum of reselling.

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